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Giampiero Marra

- Verified email at ucl.ac.uk - Cited by 2827

Giuseppe Marra

- Verified email at npl.co.uk - Cited by 1580

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: the syndrome, the genes, and historical perspectives

G Marra, CR Boland - JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by the occurrence within a family of multiple cases of colorectal cancer in the …

Febrile urinary tract infections in young children: recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow‐up

…, R Chimenz, V Fanos, A La Manna, G Marra… - Acta …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We report the recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, imaging evaluation and use of
antibiotic prophylaxis in children with the first febrile urinary tract infection, aged 2 months to …

Transitioning to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: the pros and cons

K Yamaguchi, WN Levine, G Marra, LM Galatz… - JBJS, 2003 - journals.lww.com
There has been much recent enthusiasm regarding complete arthroscopic rotator cuff repair,
and it is becoming apparent that, for many, this newer technique may be a preferable …

Epidemiology of chronic renal failure in children: data from the ItalKid project

…, R Bonaudo, A Claris-Appiani, E Taioli, G Marra… - …, 2003 - publications.aap.org
Objective. The ItalKid Project is a prospective, population-based registry that was started in
1990 with the aim of assessing the epidemiology of childhood chronic renal failure (CRF) …

Transcriptome profile of human colorectal adenomas

…, R Faggiani, M Anti, J Jiricny, H Clevers, G Marra - Molecular cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Colorectal cancers are believed to arise predominantly from adenomas. Although these
precancerous lesions have been subjected to extensive clinical, pathologic, and molecular …

The intestinal Wnt/TCF signature

…, S Suijkerbuijk, M Van de Wetering, G Marra… - Gastroenterology, 2007 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: In colorectal cancer, activating mutations in the Wnt pathway transform
epithelial cells through the inappropriate expression of a TCF4 target gene program, which …

Practical variable selection for generalized additive models

G Marra, SN Wood - Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of variable selection within the class of generalized additive models, when
there are many covariates to choose from but the number of predictors is still somewhat …

Defective plasma antioxidant defenses and enhanced susceptibility to lipid peroxidation in uncomplicated IDDM

SA Santini, G Marra, B Giardina, P Cotroneo… - Diabetes, 1997 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Oxidative stress is postulated to be increased in patients with IDDM. Accumulating evidence
suggests that oxidative cell injury caused by free radicals contributes to the development of …

XRD, XAS, and IR characterization of copper-exchanged Y zeolite

GT Palomino, S Bordiga, A Zecchina… - The Journal of …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Siting of copper ions in CuI− Y zeolite, prepared by gas-phase exchange of NH4− Y with
CuCl, has been investigated employing XRPD, XAS and IR spectroscopies. An X-ray …

Evidence for a Connection between the Mismatch Repair System and the G2 Cell Cycle Checkpoint

MT Hawn, A Umar, JM Carethers, G Marra, TA Kunkel… - Cancer Research, 1995 - AACR
The human colon tumor cell line HCT116 is deficient in wild-type hMLH1, is defective in
mismatch repair (MMR), exhibits microsatellite instability, and is tolerant to N-methyl-N …